Intentional Living: What it is and How it Works

Lisa

http://simpleandsoul.com/intentional-living/

What is Intentional Living?

It’s giving everything we’ve got to make sure we don’t miss a thing.

Intentional living is knowing WHY we do what we do. It’s what makes us put down our phone, turn off the TV, declutter our homes, and make the moments matter. Our WHY is the filter we run our choices through and it’s the landing pad we fall back on.

Intentional living defines your life before circumstances destroy it.

So, how does it work?

It begins with WHY.

Intentional living works by creating boundary lines around your life with your WHY.

I believe that we often let the world define our why before we even know we have the choice. There is a moment in our lives where we learn that what we wear, drive, or love or who we are isn’t the right kind of beautiful or talented, or not enough and our why is unintentionally defined – to live up to their standards.

So we break our backs and our hearts to meet an expectation that is impossible to meet and that was never meant to be the context of our lives. It steals our identity as we compare our way through life.

I’ve been there, perpetually discontent and self hating because I forgot what my grandma used the last years of her life to teach me – I’m worthy, I’m capable, and I’m loved. That I was worth searching for.

There is no right or wrong way to live intentionally; it works however you define your why. Work on that definition and then live it like you mean it.

These five questions can get you started with intentional living:

• 1. What are the top three priorities in your life?

  2. Does your current lifestyle match those three priorities in the proper order?

  3. How would you relive today differently if given the chance?

  4. What would a life bordered by your priorities look like (imagine your ideal life – what do you feel, what do you do)?

  5. What do you need to make your ideal life your actual life?

ROJoson's Collation:

Lifestyle based on an individual or group's conscious attempts to live according to their values and beliefs.

Personal transformation to have a more clear cut direction in life, the direction is guided by core values and personal choices (no wrong answer), being implemented daily, with continuous processes (make adjustments every day).

Without final destination and without finish line.

ROJoson’s concept of Intentional Living:

With final destination, with a finish line, not just daily living with daily plans contributing to the whole lifetime plan.

ROJ@19dec6